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. THE OREGON DAILY, ' JOURNAL, 1 PORTLANb, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17. 1611
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ALASKA
FOLK
ARCTIC CLUB ENDS WITH BANQUET
"Pinchot," "Ballinger," "Gug
I genheim" Few of Rotables
; Who Entertain Guests of the
Alaskan Club at Dinner.
j Guests and hosts at the banquet given
at the Commercial club last night by
rates to the Orand damp of the Arctic
-.. Brotherhood were entertained by a gr6ap
. of notables, In caricature, when some
or Ai&sxa s irouoies were neia up iur
view.
While the banqueters were at the ta
bles the .lights "suddenly went, out. Two
, figures appeared In the dusk, one being
"Gilford Pinchot'' and the other "Rlcn
ard Ballinger." - After the. men mads
; themselves known to each other, Bal
linger asked.; . . ' " ,,.
"Do you want anytnins; 01 met
Pinchot Not now, t I got , what
Vtrantad. r: ''-'
' BaUlnrer And you got what was
Mmlnr to- vou. Mr. Pinchot.
Pinchot Not yet; but ay, what Is
that white shroud you weart .
BalliBger It Is a shroud. It Is an
; akblem' of the far" north, which I wear
in honor, of the rnen; who have, braved
that frosen clime for- the -purpose of
rafherin the srold therefrom
Pinchot, interrupting No, you don'tl
Tou wear It because you are a aeaa
1 Next enters Ouggenhelm'and the ghost
of William H.t Seward, who says he is
thaman who bought .Alaska for the p0.
pie of the United States.- Pinchot and
Ralllnarer retire.
Ghost, addressing Quggenhelm What
are you doing; with lead piper r
, . Would "Cinch" Alaska, v
Guggenheim What do you suppose
rd be doing with lead pipe, I am going
to cinch Alaska.
' Ghost But" I bought AjaskjuJprJth
people. . - , . I ' . ''
, Guggenheim Vet, I vlll say rot dot
noble patriot. "Mr.? Vanderbllt said.
Ghost What . Is thatt, f
? Guggenheim "The" people be damned."
i.v Voice from .rear Don't forget about
my coal claim, Guggenhelma' r 4v
- Guggenheim SSh! Poo't yoU know
nothing, CunningharaT ' v '
What was supposed to be Plnchot'i
reception at Cordova, when he went to
"bottle up that coal," was portrayed,
and also the work of the muckraker.
3teU of Their Experiences.
' Lute -Pease played -the part of Pin
chot, George " Joseph, of Ballinger, F.
J. Daly of the ghost of Seward, H. T.
reedman of Otig-genheim,- and W. H.
Bard of the muckraker: 4 v '
Earlier In ' the evening 'excellent ad
dresses were delivered by a number of
delegates and local .men.'; William T.
Perkins, past gTand Arctic chief, Hraa
the toaetmester. . ; . ,
Several of, the past grand chiefs told
of the life apid experiences On the trail
In the far northern country. Dr.- Harry
Lane told how he got in on the famous
Duncan V Griggs fake stampede to
Midas "creek. C. C. Chapman ernpha
- sized the importance of , Alaska and
the Pacific .coast working., together for
their common Interests, l R. W.' Ray
mond gave an "Interesting: talk about
the. spirit of Alaska. Frank W. . Swan-
ton - told of the organisation ' of the
Portland Alaska etub and recited some
of his experiences in the north.
The banquet was considered a fitting
conclusion to the meeting of the grand
- camp of -; the Arctic Brotherhood in
, this city. ,L . (
New officers ol Arctic Brotherhood elected at carhp meeting yesterday.
' At, left-rj. C. Gaffney, camp Nome, No, 9 irand Arctic chief; at
right, Major J. P. A. Strong, camp Iditarod, grand vice Arctio chief.
COALITION OF CHARTER
FORCES IS PROBABLE
Judge Karl C. Bronaugh, chairman of
the Simon charter committee, and A. K.
Clsrk, chairman of the people's charter
committee, appeared1 before the Ad club
Cprumittc on commission government.
yesterday afternoon, both saying that
the points of difference between . tbe
commission plans of the two commit,
tees are not of sufficiently vital-Im
port to . prevent consolidating work, ;
Both committee chairmen urged ' an
extension of time for a Special commis
si onTSlKrr election to March li. rather
than February-. 18, as was approved by
the council mt Its last meeting. , ' .
In Ijehalf of the postponement and
In' advocacy of referring back to the of
ficial charter committee Its draft of
the commission plan as filed with the
city auditor, F. H. Whitfield, chairman
07 the Ad club committee !' to appear
before the council at Its next meeting,
tither members of the committee are
Vincent Jones, H. W. ; Little. A. G.
Clarke, Fred I Larson and George N.
LaviS, - ' ' - , ; . - .-
POLICE ANSWER FALSE
- BURGLAR ALARM IN
, - WEE MORNING HOURS
4 'i Two telephone calls received at 4
" police headquarters at 4, o'clock ,4
4 this morning carried the lntellt- 4
4 gence that burglars were break- 4
4 uig into a grocery store at Fifth 4
4, "and Hall streets. Captain Keller 4
4 detailed Patrolmen MaddUx, Bew 4
7 ley ana "Rupert oil the casei They 4
4 rushed to the scene in the police 4
,.'4 ' aUtCvJjl; f- i ;'4
9 'lap! Tap! ' could be plainly 4
4 beard. .
4 "Go to tbe back door." ordered 4
: 4 Captain Keller to one of the men. 4
t ' "AH.-a iigmr snouted Mad- 4
4 dux as he rushed up the stair- 4
: 4 way after ; having seen a few 4
4 rays of light from under a win- 4
. 4 daw blind. . . 4
4l "Here .he. Is," shouted Mad- 4
4 dux. and the follow officers 4
4 rushed up the stairs and banged 4
4 on a door. . 4
4 "Y'as 1st ?" ' came the query, 4
. 4 a German leered through tbe 4
4 partly opened door. .
4 "Was wollen .sler he asked e
v "wnars aom r asked the cap-
4 tain. .
,4 "Ich vas lu pullln' ' up der
4 carpet so I cun paint der floor,"
4 explained the German.
, 4 J ; "Good-bye," eaid the four Offl
, 4 cars in the same breath.
MAYOR OF CHINATOWN
FINED FOR GAMBLING
Chung . Chung, mayor ' of Chinatown,
was fined 1 20 this morning by 'Judge
Taswell for visiting a gambling house
at 81 Second street. Several 'night ago,
but when he appeared In court this
morning, he stoutly denied having been
gambling. - "
"Judge, lemme tell you. I go there
to collect bill. Policeman come quick?
For shame I go hide my head In wood
pile. Wnen Captain Keller come. I say
Ge KU, please lemme go, -captain, but
he say no, exclaimed Chung Chung this
mornmg.V": .v i '',
Chung? Chung was taker! into, custody
by Captain Keller while he was hiding
in-a wood pile, and between the Celes
tlal'a feet- were found the chips, cards
and beans of the fan tan game. .Chung
Chung appeared this morning to plead
guilty for the four others arrested there
and proclaim his Own Innocence, but a
fine or S35 was assessed against the
conductor of the game and fines of $20
against,; the othcrSj v -r,t. .
GOOD
ROAD
WILL PROVIDE FUNDS
EIGHTH MMIWARA
PANEL IS DRAVN
(Special to The . Journnl.l
Oregon City, Nov. 17. What Is be
lieved will be the most important road
meeting ever held In this county. has
been called for December 9 by. County
Judge Beatle. Not only will. the road
supervisors .be In attendance, but all
taxpayers have been Invited to be pres
ent and give their views. The object
of the' meeting is to devise plans for
ine improvement . of the roads. The
meeting will be. convened by the county
judge in the county court room and an
adjournment -will be., taken "to the Com
mercial .club, ;. ... , .. ..
The county court favers the im
provement of the roads," said Judge
Beatle, "and all that is needed IS the
money with which to do the work. The
money for the Capital highway must
be raised through a special tax levy
ana tne money for several other roads.
It. is thought, will be provided In the
same manner."
Judge Pe&tie said that some districts
were expected to authorise a 5 mill spe
cial tax and others a 10 mill " tax.
Members of the East Bide Capital High
way association will attend the meeting
ana ten waat tnat organization has ac
oomplished In creating sentiment for
gooa rosas.
PASSENGER" AGENTS
MEET AT PORTLAND
. A number of passenger agents repre
senting the various roads In the Pacific
-northwest, and other railroad officials,
held a conference yesterday afternoon
for the purpose of exchanging views
on Ideas on topics in general. The roads
and representatives were:
Chicago, Milwaukee A . Puget Sound
railway, A. J. McCarthy. cMlef clerk,
and W. p. Warner, D. F and P A
Spokane & Inland Kmpire Railroad 'com
pany .and Red Collar Line. Waldo Q
J'a ne, traffic manager; Grat Northern
railway. W. A. Ross, A. O. P. A.; North
ern Pacific railway, A. D. Charlton. A.
a. P. A. Spokane, Portland & Seattle
Railway company , and Oregon Electric
Railway company, W. C. Wilkes, A. o
F. and P; A., and M. J. Butler, rate
clerk;- Oregon-Washington Railroad ft
-Navigation company, C. G. Sutherland
A. O. M-rOregon-Washlhgton Railroad
& Navigation company (second district)
W. V. hk Inner, O. F, and P. A.; Oregon
Washington pallroad ft Navigation com.
pany (first district) and Southern Pa
title company lines In Oregon, William
MrMurray, Q. l A., Q.-W. R. A N.- Co.
Sale Ila ' pcen -postponed. . '
Crjsit'! Press LoM TV'ril '
; T aco rnn. Wash., Nov. 17.
Commissioner Bam Bridges, has post-J
Kni 1 ma i ,-uio iiome Telephone
jwmpany hie from Saturday, November
1 , until three wks later. The city
f Tsma is after the property ami
ritj ettmrt to form a holding com
Jy bid It In and hold It until' the
vitjr em rt authority from the legisla
ture ef take It over. ,.: ,,: :;,- '
NORTH YAKIMA COURT
LIBERATES 17 PRISONERS
North Yakima, Wash., Nov. 17. Jack
Splawn;, mayor, chief of police and po
lice Judge, . has ordered suspension of
sentence on 17 prisoners In the city Jail,
leaving It empty.x .
"I want the word to go out that
North Taklma is not operating a re.
form bureau, that this is a bad town
In which to be arrested." said Judge
Splawn.
The formality of a police court was
aispensea with entirely this morning.
Four prisoners arrested during the night
were released without hearing. W. A
Curry and John Prltchard. serving JSS
fines on technical charges of vagrancy,
had their sentences suspended. Eleven
others were discharged last night on
suspenaea sentence by the Judge. ,
ORDINANCE COMES TO
' RELIEF OF CANINES
- . "' ' '. Of.'".'.
An ordinance having for its purpose
the prevention of vivisection on pound
dogs was filed with the health and po
lice committee of the city council this
morning by Councilman Frank E. Wat-
kins. The measure makes It unlawful
for any person to take a dog out of the
pound with the Intention of using the
animal for surgical experiments. The
committee recommended the passage 'of
me oruinnce. ,
MRS. MARY f ULLMER
iry.''h
The "fine old lady"- of -the Btam
schooner Washiagton, who advised
the pasgengers Jn peril th prajr, In
stead of amoking cigarettes. '-Mra.
Fullmer la aged 69 and Uvea in
.San FranciBctj,'
William .Commlngs Dies.
- ' (Special te The Joarnal.)
Oregon City. Nov. 17. William Cum-
mmgs, a clerk iirthe Oregon Cltv cost
office, ' died Thursday afternoon " after
an illness of three weeks. He was
stricken with inflammatory rheumatism
while at work and had to be carried to
the . home - of his ..... mother, Mrs. Helen
Montour, 80S Fourth street, and was
thought to be improving when hereon
traded pneumonia. : v . '
Mr. Cummings was born May -4.-1867.
In Wisconsin. He came ' with his
mother to Oregon 26 years ago. They
uvea at us wego until coming to this
city in 190L Hs was a member of the
united Artisans. The funeral will . be
neia Saturday afternoon.
Assessments Are Raised.
. ' (Rppctal to The Journal.)
Oresron Citv.. Or.. Nov. .1 1 Th r-i.v.
amas county board of equalfxation has
maae an increase of J31M40 In the as
sessment, of the property of yjubllo-service
corporations. The; property as
sessed Is the power plant at River Mill
on the Clackamas river, $250,000, and
the property of the Mount Hood Rail
way 4. Power company, 5$,000. No as
sessment was made on this property by
Assessor Jack, as he left It to the state
tax commission, but that bodv decided
that inasmuch as the, assessment was
not on operating property, it should be
made by the county board of equaliza
tion. ' The entire reduction in" assess
ments made by the board amounted to
only $3325. '
Deputy Fish Warden Fined.
' " (BtXK-Ul to The- Jourosl.t
Oregon City, Or.. . Nov. 17. Denutv
Fish Warden Trembath paid fine of
$75 In the circuit court, after Dleadlnv
guilty to a charge of simple assault
Trembath was . charged with an assault
with a dangerous weapon, belna in
dicted for shootlngAiex Douthit, a fish
erman, , at Willamette Falls several
months ago, while . the fisherman wan
passing Trembath's house In a row 'boat
Trembath said' he called to Douthit to
halt and -upon his refusal, the deputy
warden shot to mark "the boat, but the
bullet penetrated Doutbit's arm. ' . .
ARENTS OF ATTORNEY
TO TAKE REMAINS
The parents of Attorney Normnn w '
Markley, who committed suicide some
time Wednesday night, at the Ockley1
hotel, by ..taking a cyanide poison, and;
whose remals were diacovri vtr. ,
day, will take charge of the reAalns. a!
sister, a Mrs. LeRoy, of Los Angeles, is 1
now ; on ' her way to Portland. , , i
Markley was divorced by his wife
last week. It Is believed that h h-
came despondent over, the affair. In
several notes left to his parents 'and
his former wife, he comnialnerf tht
his mind was affected and that ha mm
no lunger oianu nis troubles.
xne. .ther is Dan Markley of 720
Oolden street, Los Angeles. His for
mer wife is ifow on her way to the
home of her ' parents . at 8imti.ii.
Wis. , Two daughters, oneby his first
wife,' who committed suicide in Seattle
six . years ago, and one daughter by the
second wife, survive him.
Markley had offices in the nnmrM
Trade building. He had been In the
city for about two and on hir v..r.
He was married two years ago.
GOVERNOR ADDRESSES V
JACKSON CLUB TONIGHT
Governor Oswald West will h .,.
guest of ; the Jackson . otub tonight.
When -he Will deliver mn M,l-
the rooms In the Medical building. He
has not announced the subject of hit
Ulkv . Preparations are, being made to
care lor a large crowd by placing
in cuiira in me assembly hall
era 1 invitation neinr extended
craie o menu, f ,, .. . v .,
Oavernor .West is one of the fimt f
a number of prominent men of Oregon
and of other states, who have "accepted
Invitations to -address open meetings of
tne jacKnon , eiuo. , Tins is to be . a
featiire.ef the winter meetings. Chamn
Clark is experted, and Governor Ifar-
uon-01 uhloj wui be here in February.
ex-'i
illa gen
to TDemoJ
With t Many Supposed "Per
manentv Jurors Excused,
More Veniremen" Called. fc
. , .',;v-w'"..,
(United Press Leased Wlra.t
Hall of .Records, Los Angeles, Nov. 17.
-With five permanent sworn lurors In
the box who have survived the pererapi
tory challenges on both sides and one
tentative -Juror, .accepted for- cause -by
both defense and prosecution, ' the Mo-
Namara murder case came to a sudden
halt today while the sheriff and his
deputies scoured" .the city and county
ror 40 veniremen ..drawn today as the
eighth panel In the case. '
The exercising of peiemptories at the
opening ,of court "today proved a bitter
aisappointroent to manyv wno; had been
confident that real progress .had been
made in the case during the last two
weeKS. vi -vt-.,- .: -.
The .state's removal of Clark McLaln.
Fasaden banker, and the defense's elim
ination of Major Brewster C Kenyon
Long Beach oil magnate, was the chief
cause or unfavorable comment because
both seemed to be of the unusually high
ly Intelligent type of. American's that
would naturally be selected to pass upon
ine complex pro 01 ems sure to arise In
the present case. ; . .,
After the peremptories were utilised
both sides quickly passed for causa Will
iam Nicholson, a local a-rocer: who said
he had no opinion In the case and had
read only a little about it t , -
. F. a McCandless, a Covina ranches,
the last member of ther seventh -ventre,
was eliminated after the' state had vain
ly tried to qualify , him in the face of
his positive assertion that he believed
J. B. McNamara jguJJty.' . ; -.-
' " Immber Mill Qoaea.
(SmcUI te Tbe Journal.)
Falls City... Or.. Nov. I1jTh Fans
City ' Lumber. company, . which ' has a
$100,000 mill, in this city and a mill
two miles above here and a logging
camp six miles south of here, has sus
pended bperationa and as a result, about
150 men.are out of employment The
suspension - of operations is . probably
only, temporary. ' ; . i-;.-.- .. j
Oak Tree in Farmer's Yarfc Six Miles
: Erom Lebanon, Or., Is Great Curiosity
. O. H.,Vehra la owner, of this:, freak."
' (Special to The JoarssLt
.Lebanon, Or Nov.-. 17 A carious
freak in the tree growth Is presented
by an oak tree on the farm of C. H.
Yehrs, about six-- miles northeast of
Lebanon. This was the original home-
stead of A. B. Griggs. The tree, is lo
cated in .the back yard and It, Is said
about 45, years age the tree was broken
down, and but little attention .was paid
to it for ' a long time, but later as the
small tree, began to grow2 It was given
car. It Is now prised very much -By
Mr. Vehrs and his family.. - i
Sputhervi;PaQiflc; Company;
Asks. Court to' Fix Price of r
, ,. Pass tNear Eugene
'" -.: .v.' .i y -';
Eugene, pr Nov. , 17. The Southern
Paciflo oompany hag begun condemna-'
tion proceedings against the Lane Coun
ty Asset company for right of way
over the letter's property at a pass
over a small range of hills ftv miles
west of Eugene, which the Asset ' com-";?
pany controls and ' which 7 is necessary
for th Southern Paciflo company .to
get ' before . the Euarene-Coos Bar Una '
can be built : The Asset company owns
$0 -acres of land at that point and has
recently completed a grade through the
pass for its proposed railroad, but the
Boutbern Paciflo . company survey Con-'
fllcta with the Asset company's grsde"
apd no agreement could be reached be
tween, the two companies for the sal,
of the property to the larger concern.' "
: J. L. Buell, local right of way agent
for '.the Southern Paciflo company, en-,
deavored to reach a settlement with the
local company, but was unable no does
negotiations.- The Asset company has .
been negotiating with tbe Paciflo Oreajt
Western Railway company, a supposed
rival of the Southern k Paciflo In build
ing to Coos Bay, for the sal of this "
property, but no agreement has yet been"
reached. '
The Southern Paciflo company has .
also.1 begun condemnation . proceedings'
against C Jensen, for right of way over
a small piece of property adjoining, the;
main' line of . the company in this city
-wnero ine my un prinonei gii.
i nese two pieces or iana are tne oni
property that has not been secured a
right of way alonr the survey- between
Eugene and the summit of. the Coast
mountains. . ... , , ,. . ..
. AatorU xFloneer Diet. '
(Special to The Joornal.)
Astoria. Or.. Nov. 17. Albart Paida.
nlus, one ft the oldest residents of this
city, died last -night, aged 64 years.
Paldanlus leaves a wife and sir chil
dren, two of whom are married. y
The Day
'.':;';Gpe
The Crowds
;.,.;.:CSpeat;.:;-:.?
Tlie Bargains
The ptetifipg Day pfi p WFMeM
Co.!? Gr eat Sale
WAS W CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF THE FACT THAT THE BUYING
PUBLIC HAS FOUND OUTTHROUGH EXPERIENCE THAT STATEMENTS
MADE BY THIS CONCERN CAN BE RELIED UPON; THE PEOPLE REAL
IZE THAT IN THE CLOSING OUT OF A STOCK OF GOODS LIKE THIS
THEY HAVE v . t::JK 7'; -y sfpU-f'-'
- t A WONDERFUL M0NEY-SAVIN6 OPPORTUNITY -"
THE DAY WAS A GREAT ONE UN THE HISTORY OF PORTLAND MER
CHANDISING THE. CROWDS WERE WITH US FROM EARLY tUNTIL
LATE. THE BARGAINS 3PEAK FOR THEMSELVES. i 9 -
Saturday to Be a Record Breaker foreclosing Out Sales
THE MERCHANDISE OFFERED IN TrllS SALE NEEDS' NO DESCRIPTION. .
STYLE, .WORKMANSHIP, -QUALITY IS REPRESENTED -IN " EVEDY DEPT.
INFANTS' WHITE AND COLORED'
BENNER CORSETS . DRESSES, $i. 50. to $2.25 vate,98c
VQ- -55-22 , neckwear
$3.00 values for,.:,.......;.$2.19 1 Z ""iZ
$2,75 values for $2.07;
KID GH.OVES "$1.25 to $2W v3fa&tilt.89c
ALL NEW STOCK
$2.00 values now. ........ . . .$1.69
$1.75 values now.....v. .$1.43,'
$1.50 values now. ........ . . .$1.29
$1.25 values now ..... . . ..... ,97c
One lot broken sizes, values up toVi
i $1.50 sale price , ...... .;. . .39c
Ladies' Silk Hose
Larje assortment Ladfes' Embroidered
and ..Plain. Silk Hose at HALF PRICE
Clo
Great Suit and
Coat Values
New Belts, 25c to 75c yalues, A- COATS
closing out at . v . . .. . . , y L $ 1 8.00 values ...... J . $9.95
One lot Belts in leather -and 'silk,' air $22.50 values. ; .$13.95
colors, values -up. to $2.00, at; . . ;;19c - $25 tQ $32.50 values. .$17.95
;::;v5suits::v,
20 to $25 yaluesr. . . .$12.95
$25 to $32.50 values. $14.95 .
$32.50 to $37.50 vals. $1&75 -
$37.50 to $45 values. $24.95
PlUMES AND .TRIMMINGS AT
HALF PRIQE .
TRIMMED MILUNERY AT HALF.
-PRICE' .
M
This Is Your IVf ost Opportune Tlriie to Buy
. EVERY GARMENT MARKED IN ORIGINAL "AND REDUCED PRICES, AND IN MANY
. INSTANCES AT HALF PRICE AND LESS THAN COST- TO MANUFACTURE., , H
4HE FINEST QUALITY, THE NEWEST STYLES IN FUR COATS, SCARFS, MUFFS.
( SHAWLS AND NECKPIECES IN THE RAREST AND SELECTED FURS SUCH AS RUS
SIAN SABLE, ROYAL ERMINE, FINE MINK AND ALL' OTHER DEPENDABLE FURS.
A Small Deposit Will Hold Any Fur Garment Until Wanted
A Bounteous
aast of
Bargains
.
Entire BuiftfMa Cor Rtutth And X9ar-x.,a ! Kfntt
LtAOiNO SPECIALTY tfOtSETOR tADJCS AffSSJTS S. CMOHUTV
s tvliz &. g ua li r e c on omit
A Harvest for
Econ6ihlcall
B,uyers;